Barbara Antoniewicz

Let me start by saying that I have stenosis. Unfortunately for me, this is not curable. After many doctor visits and many shots which worked for a time, I was still in pain. I talked to a surgeon – no way! I also tried chiropractors and acupuncture to no avail. I went to 3 different physical therapy facilities and though I learned from each of them I never felt valued in these places. I would be greeted and manipulated for a few minutes, but then told to go over to another part of the facility and work on my exercises. Was I doing the exercise correctly? What was the next one? Would it be rude to interrupt the therapist who was now with another person to ask for help and/or assistance? Is anyone paying attention to me? Does anyone care? These questions and more would run through my head. Fortunately for me, a friend brought me to one of Gianna’s workshops. I decided to give her a try and am thankful that I did. Gianna would spend the entire hour with me manipulating my back, teaching me exercises, making sure that I was doing them correctly, and most importantly, making me feel that I was valued. At one point I switched over to Carly who also spent each hour with me and also made me feel valued. I am now able to walk further and do more things for longer periods of time than I was before. I have the tools to make sure that my pain does not return in the debilitating way it had before and most fortunately for me, I know that I will always have a place to go if anything should change or worse case something else goes wrong. Thanks to Carly and Gianna I now have my life back and the energy to be active, out walking, riding my bike, and playing with my grandson.